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The Reporter. (Akron, Ohio), 1987-12-05

The Reporter. (Akron, Ohio), 1987-12-05 page 1

Y-TOWN CHATTER SEE PAGE 3 GROUSE STUDENTS OBSERVE CONSTITUTIONAL BICENTENNIAL SEE PAGE 4 DOUBLE A BASEBALL FRANCHISE COMES TO OHIO SEE PAGE 8 n ?? > o o i i sr i-sin ic t-zr o ?? < a C It !-*? ID ?- 00 CD ? VJI rr rr t- o C T 1 ?V* i-t o <.a> d ra 1-1 i? v: ?> <S1 I-J O o Ks c- n ? < ?? a VOL. XIX anton ? Cincinnati ? Cleveland ? Columbus ? Elyria ? Lorain ? Mansfield ? Oberlin ? Ravenna ? Sandusky ? Warren ? Youngstown ? Northeast Ohio l)K( KMI5KH5. 19X7 Til HI' DEC) MBKK 12. I!W7 1 A Ciifht In '3 he 'Darhnea 25 t I Ms |'| |< ( OI'Y Jackson Rallys Planned U.S. Congressman John Conyers anu National Executive Director of the Rainbow Coalition Ron Daniels will headline a fundraiser for Jesse jackson's 1988 presidential campaign at Fite & Rossi, 1353 Copley Rd., Akron, Ohio, December 6th from 5 to 7 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Friends of Jesse Jackson, chaired by Akron Ward 3 Councilman Marco Sommerville. Conyers, from Detroit and key Jackson supporter, will discuss "The Significance of the Jackson Campaign 88 and Beyond." U.S. Rep. John Conyers, Jr., a Detroit Democrat, was re-elected in 1986 to his twelfth term in the U.S. House of Representatives, winning 90% of the vote in Michigan's First Congressional District. He is a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, and is Chairman of its Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, which has jurisdiction over the nation s criminal coad. He is also the senior member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, is second-ranking member of the Government Operations Committee, and was appointed in the 100th Congress to the Small Business Committee and the Speaker's task force on Minority Set-asides. Congressman Conyers authored and spearheaded the drive for passage of the Martin Luther King Holiday Bill, whioch was signed into law on November 2, 1983. He is also one of the founders of Congressional Black Caucus and a I<ep. John Convers principal architect of its annual alternative federal budget Ron Daniels, who resides in Youngstown, Ohio and was recently named by Jackson to head the Rainbow Coalition nationally, will speak on "Finishing the Unfinished Democracy." Also to be discussed are the goals, objectives and direction of the Rainbow Coalition, progress of the Jackson Campaign '88 and the importance of raising money. "This fundraiser will help boost the national Jackson campaign in the Akron area," Sommerville said. "Everyone from the community is invited to attend." Joining Sommerville as cochairs are Akron business woman Gwen File and Councilwoman-at-large Barbara Sykes. For more information, please feel free to contact Sommerville at (216) 8362725.GM Cuts Staff Roy S. Roberts, the recently elected vice president of personnel administration and development for the General Motors Corporation, is featured in the December issue of Black Enterprise as the executive charged with the Herculean task of reducing the company's salaried workforce by 25% while making the giant automaker's remaining team more competitive. As part of what GM chairman Roger B. Smith termed the "biggest strategic direction" in the company's history, Roberts has been working at streamlining or, as he puts it, "rightsizing" the corporations salaried workforce by offering white-collar employees salaried separation packages that include lump sum payments for employees under 53 and early retirement incentives for employees 53 and over. And although he truly believes that a learner GM will rev up productivity and profits, Robert emphasizes the need to be humane, citing the counseling, training and placement services JIM is offering separating employees. "We have to prop erly handle the 40,000 who leave General Motors," he says, "because our actions will impact on our remaining workforce." Since his appointment last April. Robert has also been involved in bolstering whitecollar competitiveness. He insists that while the workforce will decrease, GM is committed to maintaining a stable percentage of black managers. Roberts has been a GM employee since 1977 when the company offered him a salaried-in-training position at its former Diesel Equipment Division in Grand Rapids, Ml Over the last 10 years, he has managed 12 GM plants and was instrumental in keeping the North Tarrytown, N Y plant operational by securing a contract to manufacture 200,000 plastic- bodied minivans."i determined a long time ago that success is being the best 1 can be," Roberts told Black Enterprise, "and I'm still trying." Alabama State Horn coming Queens I \ ' 1 Miss Alabama State University Terry Kussell (center) is flanked bv her court. Shown clockwise is Miss Freshman. Miss Senior, Miss Junior and Miss Sophomore. They are ready for the Alabama Stale College Thanksgiving l)a> classic parade in Montgomery . Alabama. For pictorial highlights see page 7. Photos by Marie Seldon Or. Robinson Succumbs Dr. Luther H. Robinson Jr., age 51, was memoriiized recently. Dr. Robinson died of a heart attack at Akron Genera! Medical Center on Sunday, November 29, 1987. A native of New Orleans, Dr. Robinson was educated in Cleveland, Ohio. He served as a Captain in the U.S. Airforce. He graduated from Michigan State University and earned his Medical degree from the Howard University Medical School in Washington, DC. He interned at Akron City Hospital and did hrs residency at Childrens Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Robinson was past Chief of Staff at Children Hospital. I -arrv K. Bell Bruce Tallev Bank Executives Promoted Larry E. Bell and Bruce Talley have been elceted by the Board of Directors lo new position as vice presidents of Citizens Savings Bank of Canton, Ohio. The announcement was made today by Board Chairman and Chief Executive Officers Richard G. Gilbert. Bell will serve as Vice President - Office Servicers Manager and Talley as Vice President - Savings Services Manager.Bell joined Citizens Savings in 1974 as a Management Trainee, was promoted to Office Services Manager in 1976 became Assistant Treasurer in August, 1978, ans was named Assistant Vice President in January, 1981. He also has served as a Loan Officer and Branch Manager. A graduate of Kent State University bell has received his certificate of achievement through the Institute of Financial Education. He serves on the Board of Directors for Victory Economic Development Corporation, the Board of Di - rector of the Canton Urban l<eague, is Polernarch of the the Akron Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi and is a member of the National Association of Purchasing Management and the Shiloh Baptist in Canton Continued on Page 2 He was a member of Sickle Cell Anemia Advisory Committee, Akron Urban I-eague, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, American Medical Society, Akron Pediat - ric Society, Ohio Slate Medical Association, American Acad emy of Pediatries. Left to mourn his demise is his wife, Patricia; daughter Lesleigh, a registered nurse in Columbus, and Lisa, a social worker for the Senior Workers Action Program in Akron; son,. Gregory, a graduate student at Ohio Stale University; sister, Hermanette Wilcox, and brother, William Robinson of Cleveland. Prisoners Join NAACP Within Ihe prison walls of the Maryland State Penitentiary and amid words of praise and applause for inmates, the NAACP chartered its first prison branch in the Slate of Maryland on Nov. 13, 1987, with over 150 inmates inducted as members. It was a momentous occasion for all the inmates, especially for John McDonald, newly elected President of the Mary - land State Penitentiary NAACP Branch who became the first inmate to hold this position in Maryland's correctional system.The Maryland State Penitentiary is the 34th prison branch of the NAACP Nationally, there are 24 NAACP branches in stale prisons and nine in federal prisons with an estimated 4,900 membership. McDonald, is giving his welcom remarks, likened the NAACP to the biblical David who slew the giant Goliath. "Like Daved," McDonald said, "The NAACP is a giant killer." According to McDonald, the Maryland State Penitentiary NAACP Branch's first goals are to work with prison officials in (1) changing the penal system's family program to include additional hours with family members, and (2) developing a healthcare program that will allow inmates to visit physicians and other healthcare professionals more often. "The key word is 'advancement'. and we do plan to go forward," added Dennis Wise, Vice President of the Maryland Slate Penitentiary NAACP Branch. Wise said the NAACP membership will work towards improving other programs that will not only benefit NAACP members, but the entire MSP prison population. Warden Howard N. Lyles en - couraged the inmates to serve as role models. "We have to set a good exampie. But we can't set good examples if we're not ones ourselves . Tfhe NAACP Continued on I'age 3 Canton Community leaders are hopeful that the Ohio Department of Rehibilitation and Correction will locate the Northeast Correctional Institution in Cantons Ward Four. Canton Mayor Sam Purses keynoted the Community leadership Breakfast meeting introduced the topic of a Prison being built in the Black Community. Remarks were given by Ward 4 Councilwoman Wilma Ijpkins. Council Elect Charles Ede Robert Fisher, and Curry McDonald - an Administrator at Indian River School. Ron Ponder served as Master of Cermony and fielded many questions about the proposed jail. Both he and Massillon Councilman T Roy Robinson met with BEDO officials last week on Prisons. Canton was just one city seeking the 650 Bed Slate Prison and the 240 jobs/5 million payroll. Bob Fisher cited that "This is the third time Canton has been a possible Prison site since 1972." "I support the Prison because the 240 jobs could keep young people in Canton. A State Mandate requires at least 50% of new positions to be filled by minorities. He predicted that the jail site location is a Political Football in Ohio. Curry McDonald - Indian River School Administrator and Stephen Katz - Greater Canton Chamber of Commerce quieted fears of residents about safety around Prisons. Both cited incidents where neighborhood near Prisons in Ohio and Pennsylvania were better protected and inmates escape are low. McDonald shifted Community leaders focus on the Changing Prison Philosophy. "The old places like Mansfield Reforma - tory are declining because they are inhumane. Prisons new focus on programing and moving Prisons to Urban Area." "An Prison can be maintained responsibly if residents lake their moral responsibility seriously, visit the new jails, get involved with programing, make sure inmates to employee ratio is correct. McDonald raised the question of Staff training and experience must have the correct Hon Ponder Kofoci t I' isher mix - not all new guards, will Canton also receive Parol office nearby and create halfway Houses to support inmates transferal after parol? Stephen Kalz noted that the benefits of a new Prison in Canton far outweighs the risk. The 240 jobs and spinoff in dustries caused by the Prison is important to Canton. Community leaders voicing their approvial were Doris Wilson, Ally At Carter, Bill Currence, Rev. Kirtdoll, and Will Dent of ABCD The Sate is also considering application from Ravenna, Windham, Mansfield, Young stown and Grafton A decision is expected by December 1987. Canton City Council has al ready passed a resolut on as a public endorsement of the Prison site location on Canton's Southeast side. Councilman Elect Charles Ede is expected to hold Ward \ meeting to explain the pros and cons of locating a IVison in the Black Community this weekend. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Scholarships ii hit ~ anaWMHr ?? From left to ri^hl arc Cheryl Johnson, Angelique Strong, l. of \ scholarship: l>r. Sehetlha Jenkins-l.eRKette. Mrs. Cheryl I.. Hudson - KSl' scholarship recipient. Mrs. Kditl D. Mitchell and Mrs. Margaret Ralston Payne.

Y-TOWN CHATTER SEE PAGE 3 GROUSE STUDENTS OBSERVE CONSTITUTIONAL BICENTENNIAL SEE PAGE 4 DOUBLE A BASEBALL FRANCHISE COMES TO OHIO SEE PAGE 8 n ?? > o o i i sr i-sin ic t-zr o ?? < a C It !-*? ID ?- 00 CD ? VJI rr rr t- o C T 1 ?V* i-t o d ra 1-1 i? v: ?> classic parade in Montgomery . Alabama. For pictorial highlights see page 7. Photos by Marie Seldon Or. Robinson Succumbs Dr. Luther H. Robinson Jr., age 51, was memoriiized recently. Dr. Robinson died of a heart attack at Akron Genera! Medical Center on Sunday, November 29, 1987. A native of New Orleans, Dr. Robinson was educated in Cleveland, Ohio. He served as a Captain in the U.S. Airforce. He graduated from Michigan State University and earned his Medical degree from the Howard University Medical School in Washington, DC. He interned at Akron City Hospital and did hrs residency at Childrens Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Robinson was past Chief of Staff at Children Hospital. I -arrv K. Bell Bruce Tallev Bank Executives Promoted Larry E. Bell and Bruce Talley have been elceted by the Board of Directors lo new position as vice presidents of Citizens Savings Bank of Canton, Ohio. The announcement was made today by Board Chairman and Chief Executive Officers Richard G. Gilbert. Bell will serve as Vice President - Office Servicers Manager and Talley as Vice President - Savings Services Manager.Bell joined Citizens Savings in 1974 as a Management Trainee, was promoted to Office Services Manager in 1976 became Assistant Treasurer in August, 1978, ans was named Assistant Vice President in January, 1981. He also has served as a Loan Officer and Branch Manager. A graduate of Kent State University bell has received his certificate of achievement through the Institute of Financial Education. He serves on the Board of Directors for Victory Economic Development Corporation, the Board of Di - rector of the Canton Urban lr. Sehetlha Jenkins-l.eRKette. Mrs. Cheryl I.. Hudson - KSl' scholarship recipient. Mrs. Kditl D. Mitchell and Mrs. Margaret Ralston Payne.